Stardust and Shadows

Saar #2

by Janelle Taylor

Doctor Jana Greyson didn't know what to believe. The last thing she remembered was lying safely in the arms of her beloved, Commander Varian Saar, aboard the starship Wanderlust. But she'd awakened from a deep, drugged sleep to find herself again the captive bride of Varian's evil half-brother, the handsome Prince Ryker Triloni, who was not even supposed to be alive! Even worse, Ryker insisted that Varian was about to wed another. Could Jana have given her love w the wrong man? Was Ryker really the one who deserved her passion ? Well-skilled at pleasing a Woman's heart as well as her body, he seemed everything his brother had been-and more. In a universe cloaked in stardust and shadows, could Jana ever hope to know the truth?

Genres: Romance, Paranormal Romance, Science Fiction, Historical Romance, Futuristic, Fiction, Childrens

511 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1992

About the author

The legendary Janelle Taylor was born on June 28, 1944 in Athens, GA. In 1965, she married Michael Taylor with whom she had two children, Angela Taylor-MacIntyre and Alisha Taylor Thurmond. Ms. Taylor attended the Medical College of Georgia from 1977 to 1979 and Augusta State University from 1980-1981. She withdrew from the latter after she sold her first two novels. Today, she is the author of thirty-nine novels, three novellas, and many contributions to other collections. There are thirty-nine million copies of her works in print worldwide and she has made The New York Times Bestseller List eight times. Ms. Taylor's works have also been featured ten times on the "1 million +" bestseller's list at Publisher's Weekly.

Some of Ms. Taylor's most recent books include By Candlelight, Someday Soon, Lakota Dawn, and Lakota Winds (due out in paperback in May 1999). She has also made contributions to other books including The Leukemia Society Cookbook, Christmas Rendezvous, and Summer Love. In addition, readers can see her as co-host of the QVC/TV Romance Book Club Show.

Ms. Taylor's interests include collecting spoons, coins from around the world, ship models, dolls, and old books. She loves to fish, ride horses, play chess, target-shoot, travel (especially in her motorhome and out West), hunt for Indian relics, and take long walks with her husband. Reading, in particular books set before 1900 and current Biographies, Thrillers, Horror, or Fantasy novels, is also one of Ms. Taylor's favorite activities. She is also extremely active with charity work and was even featured on the cover of Diabetes Forecast in February of 1998.

She lives in the country on seventy-nine acres of woods and pasture with a lake and a catfish pond. She writes her novels in a Spanish cottage which overlooks a five-acre lake, a working water mill, gazebo, and covered bridge.

Reviews

[ChristiLovesBooks_smut · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good!

Stardust & Shadows by #JanelleTaylor is a throwback from the 1992 & is book 2 of the series. I read this book way back when (it was my mom’s book!) & I have been thinking about it for weeks. So I decided to get the E-book to read it again! Dual POV.

The last thing Dr Jana Greyson, PHD remembers is falling asleep with Commander Varian Saar, her new fiancé, after being rescued from being kidnapped. She wakes up & Ryker (Varian’s half brother) is there telling her she has been deathly ill, the wedding had happened to each other & Varian was engaged to Cass (the woman who had kidnapped her.) Jana is convinced it is Varian pretending to be Ryker for some assignment as Varian is notorious for doing whatever it takes for an assignment, but then he’ll say something that makes her think it’s Ryker. 🤔 They make love (Jana is convinced it is Varian). Then the next morning she see a “live” news interview Varian talking about his upcoming wedding to Cass. Ryker continues to confuse Jana - is he or is he not Varian? Ryker & Jana leave on Varian’s starship to try to save Earth. Jana finally believes that Varian is not impersonating Ryker. She starts to believe in him, and starts to like him, though she is still in love with Varian. Ryker saves Earth. They head back home, then are kidnapped by a neighboring galaxy ruler. Ryker is able to get them to an escape pod & they land on a nearby planet. Ryker finally tells Jana the truth… he is Varian. Jana is furious with Varian & tells him there is no chance of them getting back together. They are rescued by Varian’s team. Jana agrees to help Varian finish the assignment. Jana finds out she is pregnant! She gives Varian 2 weeks to settle everything so that they can marry without the baby’s paternity coming into question. While waiting for Varian to get back, Jana is kidnapped (again?!?!) by Cass. Varian rescues her. They marry a short time later. Eek! Such a great book!

[Terryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars. Book 2 in the series and as book 1 the story line was good but too long and too many characters. This story continues on from book 1. Again parts were boring and seemed repetitive. I did purchase all the books but at this point I'll not continue until another time.

[Lisa DeVore · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is probably the hardest review I've written. I'm still not sure how much I liked it. I had no idea what it was about when I opened the pages and began the first chapter...alien abduction...falling in love with her captor...believing her love is his brother...the imposter fooling the grandpa; these were the things I was on the fence about. I step back and think, "This is a work of fiction about aliens. Anything can happen."

The heroine, Jana, was a strong character and I like that (although sometimes clueless). You wanted to say, "Wake up!! It's Varian! Your love." That frustration proves to me it was well written and evoked emotion. I would have given it four stars if I hadn't skipped over some portions because it lost my interest.

Please, take the time to read it and form your own opinion. I've never read this type of book, so possibly I'm still getting my sea legs :)

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was one of those "screw it I want some mindless fluff" books that I read years ago. I actually found it pretty entertaining and a decent story for the type of novel that it is. I wound up reading the entire four book series. It's by no means a great literary piece of work, but if all you're looking for is a fun story and some mindless sex scenes, these books are for you.

[Darlene Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

a must read

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as I remembered...but I did read it more than 15 years ago.

[Cheta · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this in high school about 3 times and I loved it more each time